aimhréidh
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled place; contentiousness, disturbance”), aimréide (“roughness, unevenness; dissension, disagreement, quarrel”).
Noun
aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
- aimhréidhe f
- aimhréidheas m
- aimhréití f
Etymology 2
From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled; contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).
Adjective
aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)
- (of thread, hair, etc.) entangled; dishevelled
- (of question, statement, etc.) involved, intricate
- (of terrain) uneven, difficult
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aimhréidh | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | |
| Vocative | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | ||
| Genitive | aimhréidhe | aimhréidhe | aimhréidh | |
| Dative | aimhréidh | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | |
| Comparative | níos aimhréidhe | |||
| Superlative | is aimhréidhe | |||
Alternative forms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimhréidh | n-aimhréidh | haimhréidh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimhréidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language